How to Create Notes in OneNote with Just Your Voice

By
Melanie Pinola
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January 28, 2016 12:37 pm

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Did you know that OneNote is integrated with Siri, Cortana, and Google Now? That means you can simply speak your thoughts to your laptop or tablet and have them automatically saved as transcribed notes in OneNote. It's one of the fastest ways to enter a quick note. Follow the steps below to start creating notes in OneNote with just your voice.

For all platforms, your transcribed notes will be saved to the Quick Notes section in your default notebook. Your spoken words will be the content of the note (the title will be blank), and, like every other note in OneNote, the date and time of your note will be saved.

Create Notes with Your Voice in Windows

By default, Cortana is set up to use OneNote as your default note program, so there are no settings to tweak here. However, on Windows, you can either create a quick text note or a note that embeds your audio recording.

1. Open Cortana by saying "Hey Cortana" or clicking the microphone icon in the taskbar.